2P/Encke (Record n° 31952)
Perihelion distance : 0.34 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 11 °
Orbital period : 3.3 years
Eccentricity : 0.85
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2026 Oct 08 22h27 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Magnitude (MPC m2) 17.3 Aperture radius for m2 7.2 " Magnitude band G r (dist/Sun) 2.080 AU d (dist/Earth) 1.097 AU Right ascension 8.24269 ° Declination +19.32818 ° ADES report
# version=2022
# observatory
! mpcCode Y87
# submitter
! name J.-G. Bosch
# observers
! name J.-G. Bosch
# measurers
! name J.-G. Bosch
# telescope
! design reflector
! aperture 0.25
! fRatio 4.75
! detector CMO
# software
! astrometry Tycho 13.6
! photometry Tycho 13.6
permID |provID |trkSub |mode|stn |obsTime |ra |dec |rmsRA|rmsDec|rmsFit|astCat |mag |rmsMag|band|photCat |photAp|logSNR|exp |notes|remarks
2P| | ABC1864| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-08T22:27:08Z |8.24269 |+19.32818 |0.20 |0.20 |0.28 | Gaia2|17.4 |0.31 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.48 |1075| K|
2P| | ABC1864| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-08T22:46:36Z |8.23449 |+19.32643 |0.20 |0.19 |0.28 | Gaia2|17.3 |0.21 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.48 |1075| K|
2P| | ABC1864| CMO|Y87 |2026-10-08T23:06:04Z |8.22631 |+19.32468 |0.19 |0.19 |0.27 | Gaia2|17.1 |0.12 | G| Gaia2| 7.2 |1.48 |1075| K|
Instrument type Newton Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 250 mm Instrument focale length 1187.5 mm Instrument focale/diameter 4.75 Camera Asi 294MM Sensor CMOS Sensor temperature -5 °C Binning 4x4 Mount EQ6-R pro Picture exposure details 119x25s Observatory MPC code Y87 Location Trevinca skies-Amalthea Reference stars catalog (ast) Gaia2 Reference stars catalog (phot) Gaia2 Used softwares Tycho Tracker Image resize factor 2 Resulting picture sampling (scale) 1.6 "/pix Observation submission date 2026 Oct 09 06h05m33s Observation modification date 2026 Oct 09 06h10m45s